SEXY YUPPIES
2020
Fantasy has one dreadful quality, it can disappear without a trace and leave you helplessly confronted with a nude reality. This is what dancers look and sound like when they want to form a band. Alexis, Eleana and Arianna have been collaborating with Lia for many years. Lia is always using the voice as a key element in her work together with the body. Still, it is only when she met Sakari that she extended her sound interest into learning an instrument. Sakari introduced Lia to the bass guitar, and the two formed a duo band called ‘Mute Spring’. The duo welcomed the other collaborators into the process.
Credits
Direction, Choreography, Performance, Lyrics, Text: Lia Haraki
Dramaturgy, Band Coordination,
Promotional Image: Sakari Laurila
Performers, Musicians, Devising Artists: Alexis Vassiliou (synthesiser), Arianna Marcoulides (ukulele), Eleana Alexandrou (guitar), Lia Haraki (bass), Sakari Laurila (drums)
Song ‘Expensive’ by Mute Spring (Lia Haraki, Sakari Laurila)
Song ‘I love life’ by Arianna Marcoulides
Costumes: Arianna Marcoulides
Lighting Design: Alexander Jotovic
Technical Management: Yiangos Hadjiyiannis
Photography: Pavlos Vrionides
Production: Pelma.Lia Haraki
Funding: Department of Cultural Services - Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Performance
Premiere: 2 November 2020, Cyprus
Dance Platform 2020, Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus
10 December 2020, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, Cyprus